May 19-23, 2025

Spring Fun Continues...Bees, Ducks, and Outdoor Games!

Kindergarten students learned more about bees this week and why they are so important to us and our environment. We watched videos and read books about how bees make honey and how and where they live.

The public library has many picture books about bees. Choose one with your child and find out more about these amazing insects. Consider keeping a small pot of blossoms in your backyard to give bees a place to gather nectar, pollinate plants, and do what we love best - make HONEY!!

 We showed the story of making honey using pictures and putting them in sequence. We asked ourselves questions: What happens first? What comes next? Finally, the honey is in a jar for us to enjoy!

We also examined more about how and where honey bees live. Talk with your child about what they learned about the hexagon shapes within the bee hive. We discussed 2D and 3D shapes.  Ask them to describe how they made their own cell for our Kindie Bee Hive! 

 

How Do Bees Talk to Each Other?

They do the waggle dance!!

We had fun outdoors pretending to be bees gathering nectar from the flowers and taking it back to the hive in a relay race. We did the waggle dance to let the next person know where to find the flowers. 

Now it's time for all the busy bees to make some honey!!

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunity- Lady Buggy

At the moment, 

WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS!!!

WE NEED AT LEAST 1 MORE VOLUNTEER FOR MONDAY MORNING (Busy Beaver side)  

&

 1 MORE VOLUNTEER FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING (Mighty Moose side).

Dates of the Special Events:

• Monday, May 26 - Busy Beavers (Wiskar-Oster) - Morning class
• Wednesday, May 28 - Mighty Moose (Sutherland-Oster) - Morning and afternoon classes

During this event, our guest presenter will lead hands-on activities about bugs, including how they move and where they live. We are looking for at least 4 volunteers from each class to help out.

If you have a valid police clearance and would like to volunteer, please contact your child's teacher!

Important Kindergarten Dates...

Every Monday -  Library Book Exchange 

Thursday, May 29, Kindergarten Orientation for new registrants, 5:30pm

Friday, May 30 - AM Kindergarten Attends, 9:10am-12:05pm

Link to our Simons Valley School calendar: Click Here

Link to schedule for Friday Kindergarten Classes: Friday Schedule

Our Emails

Mrs. Oster: rdoster@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Sutherland: klsutherland@cbe.ab.ca 

Mrs. Wiskar: mjwiskar@cbe.ab.ca